Insignificance
Four unnamed people who look and sound a lot like Albert Einstein, Marilyn Monroe, Joe DiMaggio, and Joseph McCarthy converge in one New York City hotel room in this compelling, visually inventive adaptation of Terry Johnson’s play, from director Nicolas Roeg. With a combination of whimsy and dread, Roeg creates a fun-house-mirror image of fifties America in order to reflect on the nature of celebrity and lingering cold-war nuclear nightmares. Insignificance is a delirious, intelligent drama, featuring magnetic performances by Michael Emil as the Professor, Theresa Russell as the Actress, Gary Busey as the Ballplayer, and Tony Curtis as the Senator.
Director-Approved Special Edition Features
- Newly restored digital transfer, supervised and approved by director Nicolas Roeg and producer Jeremy Thomas, with uncompressed monaural soundtrack on the Blu-ray edition
- New video interviews with Roeg, Thomas, and editor Tony Lawson
- Making “Insignificance,” a short documentary shot on the set of the film
- Original theatrical trailer
- English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing
- PLUS: A new essay by film critic Chuck Stephens and a reprinted exchange between Roeg and screenwriter Terry Johnson
New cover by Fred Davis
Director-Approved Special Edition Features
- Newly restored digital transfer, supervised and approved by director Nicolas Roeg and producer Jeremy Thomas, with uncompressed monaural soundtrack on the Blu-ray edition
- New video interviews with Roeg, Thomas, and editor Tony Lawson
- Making “Insignificance,” a short documentary shot on the set of the film
- Original theatrical trailer
- English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing
- PLUS: A new essay by film critic Chuck Stephens and a reprinted exchange between Roeg and screenwriter Terry Johnson
New cover by Fred Davis
Cast
- Theresa Russell
- The Actress
- Michael Emil
- The Professor
- Tony Curtis
- The Senator
- Gary Busey
- The Ballplayer
- Will Sampson
- The Indian
- Patrick Kilpatrick
- The driver
Credits
- Director
- Nicolas Roeg
- Screenplay
- Terry Johnson
- Executive producer
- Alexander Stuart
- Producer
- Jeremy Thomas
- Director of photography
- Peter Hannan
- Editing
- Tony Lawson
- Music
- Stanley Myers
- Music
- Hans Zimmer
- Art direction
- David Brockhurst
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